I forgot my itouch password, and it wont unlock

OK soI forgot my itouch password, and it wont unlock, I dont want to do a full restoration because it will delete everything, butI havent synced my itouch in so long because you can buy songs and theyappear directly into your song list. PLEASE HELP!!!

Hold down the power and home keys down for about 10 seconds each while
plugged into itunes. When the screen goes black, release the power
button but keep holding the home key until itunes says. We have
detected an itouch in recovery mode.

What u have to do is just plug into itunes and hold down the home and on/off keys for ten secs then let go of the on/off key amd hld the home key untill something pops up on the screen it says itunes is currlenty busy downloading softwarefor the ipod.

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Re: I forgot my itouch password, and it wont unlock

Ok i recomend ripping your songs off you ipod using a program call disk aid the when you have all your music and movies and other media just restor our ipod then put your mkedia back tip to get disk aid to dispaly your ipod files down in the programs buttom left cornor u should see a drop down arror just click it and selecd t one of the floders hope this helps oh and thwe disk aid url is www.http://www.digidna.net/diskaid/download.php hope this helps

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If you are talking about your screenlock password then this is what you do WITHOUT deleting your data from the iTouch.
1.Plug the iPod in computer.2.Go to "My Computer" And click the the drive where you iPod is located.3.Change the folder option to "View all hidden files and folders"4.Navigate to ipod_control5.Then go to Device6.There should be a file there named "_Unlocked"7.Open that up with a text editor (Notepad) and the passcode will be there.

If you cannot remember the pass word, you will need to restore your device on the computer that you used originally sync your itouch to. So then you can reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). If you use or restore on a different computer from the orginal, you will be able to unlock the device for use, you can remove the pass word but your data will not be saved. Hope this helps.

You can unlock your IPOD Touch passcode or password by following these simple steps:

•Connect your IPOD Touch to iTunes•Press or Hold the power and home keys for 10 seconds.
•Screen goes black, now release the power button•Make sure you do not release the Home key until your iTunes says "We have detected an itouch in recovery mode."•After this its simple all you need to do is a restore using your iTunes.

Restore an iPod:

Warning: When you restore and iPod, you delete everything on it (songs, pictures, movies, files, games, firmware, etc.) Hey! That means any stuff that's on the iPod, but not in the iTunes library, will be lost. After deleting everything, iTunes reloads the iPod software with a fresh copy (referred to as "factory settings").

Using iTunes:

When the iPod is connected, select it in the Source list in iTunes. Under the Summary tab, there is a button named "Restore." Click it. Select the restore option you want then sit back. A progress bar will show you the status of the restore. When it's done, you'll see a message like "Leave iPod connected to computer to complete restore." Now the iPod will show a progress bar. Do not disconnect during this part. When it's done, the iTunes Setup Assistant will prompt you to name and configure the iPod.

If you just plug your iPod into the computer, it should work fine. I forgot my password once, and I plugged it in, and it worked and didn't take off the songs. As long as you plug it into the computer you put songs onto the iPod from, it shouldn't be a problem.

i had the same problem. this is all the steps needed, calling apple isnt necessary.
first: press down on the top power button and on the menu button
second: keep pressing, eventually the screen to turn it off will pop out. ignore it and keep pressing.
third: the itouch will turn off completely but dont stop pressing
fourth: the apple sign will come out. you may now release.
fifth: now you should be able to connect to itunes that will restore your ipod.